Chapter 229 Rejection and Call (5K)

The commander-in-chief issued the order.

Kuchiki Byakuya subconsciously looked at Naruto.

This small gesture was immediately caught by the captain, but it seemed like a transgressive behavior, but it did not make him angry. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised with a smile.

After Byakuya reacted subconsciously, he realized that his behavior was not appropriate and that he had lost the manners that the head of the Kuchiki family should have. He tilted his head slightly and said: "The captain should know that Muramasa's goal must be that man."

He paused and spoke out a name carefully and seriously: "Kuchiki Xianghe."

"So next, his goal is to show up in this world."

"Arakara Town."

Hearing this location made Naruto feel a little dazed.

It's this city again.

Is it so troubled?

"It's just a coincidence." The captain said calmly, "This is also my negligence."

Only now did he realize that the original place of the decisive battle with Aizen was the same place where Kuchiki Hibiki was sealed. It seemed that Muramasa was awakened during the transfer.

after all

He doesn't care about a physical location.

"Father has already gone ahead." Byakuya waited for the captain to finish speaking, then continued, only half of the words came out, but he didn't know how to say the rest.

That's okay for Naruto.

But now the captain is freed.

The captain's only remaining hand struck down, but the familiar force was not transmitted back. He looked down and shook his head: "It is the most inappropriate thing to change generals on the spot. Since this matter was previously handled by Naruto, , then naturally it is the same now.”

As he spoke, the smile that appeared at the corner of his mouth suddenly emerged again.

"Being criticized like this by Liu Ren Ruo Huo, I feel a little heartbroken." That's what he said, but there was no other expression on his face except a smile.

Naruto looked at Byakuya: "Then it's up to you and me."

Then he tilted his head and said: "There is also the commander-in-chief, set out with us to the present world."

He knew exactly what Byakuya wanted.

Kuchiki Sojun went to the present world first

Byakuya's expression softened a bit, he nodded his head and smiled a long-lost smile: "Thank you, Naruto."

Several captains were left behind to deal with the Zanpakutos that had not yet been fully captured.

The rest returned to Seireitei.

Naruto asked Broken Bee to take the first step and inform the Masked Legion that he could get along with their group of people in peace, but the captain would not have such a good temper.

"You did a great job." The captain followed Naruto, "I thought that boy Shunsui would come out to help you."

Kyōraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jūshirō stayed in the cave and were responsible for the Zanpakutō.

They completely obeyed Naruto's arrangements and did not give any advice at all.

Naruto smiled slightly: "Maybe in Uncle Shunshui's eyes, I am no longer a child."

"You have indeed grown up." The captain smiled and nodded, "How does it feel to fight against Liu Ren Ruo Huo?"

"It's a very powerful sword." Naruto commented softly.

He paused.

"But unfortunately, it's just a knife."

"If I had the chance, it would be great to fight against the captain once."

Jiulama emerged from Naruto's body and said with a sad face: "Want to fight with this old man?"

It stretched out its paws and patted the head under the blond hair.

"Naruto, are you infected by that Zaraki guy?"

"It's so hard to think about."

"A blade like fire is difficult enough to deal with."

Naruto didn't speak, he just raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

The captain didn't say anything either.

In this world, Karakura Town.

Deep in the hills.

After getting the secret he wanted from the captain's mind, Muramasa came here again using his black accent.

He looked excited.

However.

A figure in front of the seal made the entire expression on his face suddenly stiffen.

He is not dressed like a god of death, just an ordinary kimono, but a face very similar to Byakuya Kuchiki, and the silver "Star Pliers" worn on his head fully reveal his identity.

"Kuchiki Sojun." Muramasa called out a name, sneered, and mocked unceremoniously: "I thought you were dead."

"It's no different from dying once." Kuchiki Sojun smiled, his tone gentle.

Muramasa held the knife: "Why are you here?"

"Come to stop you." Kuchiki Sojun said softly, "Give up, he shouldn't do it again."

"What should I do?" Muramasa interrupted him and asked bluntly, "Kuchiki Sojun, do you think you have the ability to stop me?"

"Sick Yangzi"

Kuchiki Sojun said for a moment: "Regardless of whether it is possible or not, this is what the Kuchiki family should bear."

"It's also my responsibility."

"after all--"

He raised his hand and drew his sword from its sheath.

"The God of Death's tricks don't work on me." Muramasa raised his hand and was about to activate his ability.

Available at this time.

Kuchiki Sojun raised his other hand to cover his face: "You and Xianghe have been derailed from this world for too long."

“The world is not static.”

“There’s always someone more talented than us who suddenly appears and turns the whole world upside down.”

Muramasa narrowed his eyes: "You mean?"

"That guy Uzumaki Naruto?"

Kuchiki Sojun ignored him. From under his fingertips, milky white substance squirmed out: "I have never used this power since I got it."

"It was unseemly but I had no choice."

Muramasa's pupils expanded: "This is."

"Xu!"

The mask spread and covered Kuchiki Sojun's head in an instant. His feet twisted, he stepped out in an instant, and slashed away with his sword.

Muramasa responded.

There was a clang and sparks flying.

His cheeks twisted.

Kuchiki Sojun has become stronger.

Although this guy has talent that is comparable to Hibikiga, his body is too weak, and his talent is not as strong as Ukitake Jushiro, who can become stronger despite the limitations of his body.

When Xianghe entered the Kuchiki family, he was already the vice-captain.

But until Xianghe was sealed, he was still the vice-captain.

Otherwise, at the beginning

That guy Kuchiki Ginling didn't have to go to great lengths to choose such an excellent son-in-law for himself.

But now, his strength is not limited by his body.

Possess "captain-level" abilities.

Is it because of this "virtual" power?

Moreover, Sojun Kuchiki's self-confidence is not without purpose. Muramasa's ability can only affect the "Reaper", but the "Hollow" ability cannot interfere.

The most important thing is.

Muramasa already had wounds on his body, left by the Nine Lamas.

The treatment in the body of "Rokushizukusu" only heals the wounds that will affect the movement too much, but does not completely heal them. The time is not enough.

After Sojun Kuchiki became hollow, his character and fighting style were also affected. He was not as gentle and gentle as before, but mixed with a hint of violence and madness.

They fight one by one.

After dozens of rounds of fighting, a portal opened in the sky.

Three people walked out.

Muramasa immediately noticed these three streams of spiritual pressure.

His face twisted.

So fast?

Even the Blade Ruohuo didn't hold them back for too long.

It’s also this damn thing’s fault

Kuchiki Sojun!

As soon as he thought of this opponent, he spoke, and his voice was not as gentle as before, but became a little rough and hoarse: "Do you still have any distracting thoughts now?"

Muramasa turned around.

The pink flashes condensed between the teeth of Kuchiki Sojun's mask, and it hit him head-on.

The distance was so close that Muramasa was distracted and unable to dodge.

The smoke and dust exploded and dispersed. With the vision blocked, the spiritual pressure fluctuated but did not disappear.

"You can even use the Void Flash, have you completely reduced yourself to a Void?" Muramasa gasped, half of his face was blown away after the violent energy explosion, revealing his bruised and shattered cheekbones, "That's really a bit The Kuchiki family no longer exists."

He stretched out his hand.

Silk threads surged out from the fingertips.

For those three people in heaven.

He doesn't care now, and he doesn't have the ability to care.

Except for the boy from the Kuchiki family, he had no confidence that he could defeat the remaining two people, even if they didn't use Zanpakutō, not to mention that one of them's Zanpakutō was still beyond his control.

Those three guys just watched.

That being the case

The fight cannot stop now.

"My father's health is not good." Byakuya Kuchiki spoke and continued softly, "Although he has outstanding talents, his body limits his growth."

"The Kuchiki family needs a qualified successor."

"My father is good at everything, but his strength is not up to that level."

"The father chose a son-in-law and adopted son, namely Kuchiki Xianghe."

Naruto listened quietly.

The cultural customs of the Soul Society are not much different from those of this island nation in this world. For a large family, when such a "son" appears, either proactively or passively, a son-in-law is very important.

The head of the family will carefully select a man who is very reliable in terms of appearance, ability, and character to marry his daughter.

And at a certain time - within one or two years in the present world, and longer in the Soul Society, until it is confirmed that the son-in-law's character and abilities are consistent with his previous performance, the family head will recognize the son-in-law as "righteousness" son".

When the head of the family gets old or passes away, this carefully selected dragon will become the new helmsman of the family.

"Xianghe is indeed a very good person." The captain said, adding for Kuchiki Byakuya, "He is a very gentle person, a bit like you, Naruto."

Byakuya Kuchiki turned his head and glanced at the captain, looking a little surprised.

Grandfather also said that Kuchiki Xianghe was an excellent person.

only.

To be praised by the captain as "like Naruto", isn't this evaluation too high?

Seeing that the captain said nothing more, Byakuya collected his thoughts and continued: "However, there are some voices in the Kuchiki family who do not agree with Hibiki."

"Initially, their reaction was very calm."

"It wasn't until Kuchiki Kyouga became the third seat of the Sixth Division that they became uneasy, so they used some means to convince the captain to transfer him to the First Division."

Just like the "Shifengin Family" is equivalent to the "Second Division", the "Kuchiki Family" is directly linked to the "Sixth Division", and every head of the family also serves as the captain of the Sixth Division.

The resistance to not placing the possible future family head in the Sixth Division is already extremely strong.

No wonder the commander-in-chief gave such an evaluation just now.

As the captain of the first team, he would indeed see things more clearly.

"Naruto, you know how greedy those so-called nobles are." Byakuya was blunt, without hiding his opinion or choosing more "elegant" or "polite" words, "They are beginning to be dissatisfied with the tricks of tampering with the squad."

"Of course."

"It cannot be denied that Grandfather also admitted that he also had an unshirkable responsibility in this matter."

"Grandfather acquiesced to the actions of the branch families. He thought that this might be a kind of experience for Xianghe, so the branch families became more and more greedy."

"Until a disaster occurred."

"Xianghe was framed and charged with the crime of "killing his colleagues."

Bai Ya paused, his eyes fell on the battlefield.

The battle between Kuchiki Sojun and Muramasa has reached the stage of back and forth. Their spiritual pressure has been almost drained, and so has their physical strength. They raise their swords with difficulty and stab and stab at all possible fatal places.

"Naruto, I don't want to say this. You and I both know that this is not a fatal crime for the Kuchiki family. It can even be said to be just a small matter." Byakuya's tone was extremely cold, spitting out the fact that he didn't want to admit.

But there is nothing wrong with this.

At least, in the environment more than a hundred years ago, there was no problem.

"Tsunayashiro Tokinada", who was originally just a branch family and had no status in the family, was exposed for killing his fellow Shinigami and his wife. Under the report of the captain of the 8th Division, Kyoraku Shunsui, his Zanpakutō was only confiscated, and he didn't even go to jail.

Not to mention a "son-in-law" like Kuchiki Hibiki.

"But Hibiki doesn't think so." Byakuya's eyes were cold, "One day, he suddenly ran away and killed three guarding Shinigami."

"And after that."

"Hibiki organized activities in the name of overthrowing the 'Seireitei'."

"Grandfather and father have always been upset about this."

"Grandfather thinks he is too harsh on Hibiki. If he hadn't been so indulgent to the branch family, perhaps everything would not have developed into the current situation."

"Father thinks."

"If he could take this responsibility instead of putting it on Hibiki, perhaps this would not have happened."

He stopped talking and turned to look at Naruto.

There was a bit of confusion in his expression.

The two light purple eyes were filled with the question of "what should I do".

On the one hand, the Kuchiki family is sorry for Hibiki, and on the other hand, he is indeed a sinner who can threaten and has threatened the Seireitei.

It's a dilemma.

On the battlefield, the result has been settled.

After becoming a hollow, Kuchiki Sojun did have the strength of a "captain", but he was weak and had a poor foundation, and his "hollow" could not last too long. Being able to do this was already his limit.

His mask was broken, his bones flew, and his body fell to the ground.

He was just defeated, not dead.

He gasped with a twitching breath, soothing his extremely stressed body.

Muramasa raised his head with difficulty.

The action started late at night, and now it was dawn.

The morning sun rose in the east, dyeing the clouds behind the hills red.

The three people seemed to be stepping on red clouds, and the sunlight gilded them, but it was not golden, just a little golden light like oil in the dark.

They just stood there quietly, just watching him quietly.

"Are you not going to act now?" Byakuya asked.

Naruto shook his head: "Sojun is not in danger of his life now."

Muramasa didn't know what they were thinking, nor why they didn't attack him when he was so wounded and at the limit of his body.

But all this is a good thing for him.

Now he is only one step away from what he desires.

Muramasa limped to the seal and mobilized the remaining spiritual pressure in his body.

The black swallowtail butterflies lying on the tree flapped their wings and flew everywhere.

He chanted the word spirit.

The space was distorted, emitting hazy fluctuations, waiting for the last sentence to be finished.

"Crack" sound——

Cracks appeared, and the barrier shattered.

The shadows of trees and hills also shattered like a dream bubble at this moment.

Revealing what was hidden here.

A "coffin" intertwined with several weapons.

Muramasa broke open those "weapons" and untied the last layer of the seal.

Purple liquid leaked and dripped from the gap, and the spiritual pressure surged. After accumulating for hundreds of years, it suddenly broke out at this moment.

Naruto raised his eyebrows.

This level

is not an ordinary captain level. The spiritual pressure of new captains such as Soi-Fong and Komamura Sajin is even worse than his.

The coffin broke, revealing a body.

Short black hair, naked upper body, full of scars and twisted muscles and blood vessels, a mask that only covers the nose, and a short knife in his hand.

Muramasa stretched out his hand and trembled as he wanted to touch: "It's been so long"

"Finally see the light of day again."

Kuchiki Hibiki tried to open his eyes. Hundreds of years of not seeing the light of day made him a little uncomfortable with this world.

"Hibiki." Muramasa's shout became louder, "Let's continue the unfinished business before."

"Do you know how long I have been looking forward to this moment?"

The man opened his eyes.

Muramasa was trembling with excitement, opened his arms, and was about to pounce on his master, his best friend.

But.

Unexpectedly, something happened that even the three onlookers in the sky did not expect.

Kuchiki Hibiki raised his knife and stabbed the already wounded Muramasa without hesitation.

His eyes were cold, even disgusted.

Muramasa widened his eyes, incredulous: "Why?"

The last bit of strength and the belief that he could maintain his body's fighting power collapsed at this moment.

He was helpless and inevitably fell to his knees.

Obviously, it was a happy thing to untie the seal, and it was also a happy thing for the master and servant to reunite.

"Muramasa." Kuchiki Hibiki spoke in a cold tone, "Because you betrayed me."

Muramasa was even more confused: "Betrayal?"

"When I was about to be sealed, I called you, but you didn't respond." Kuchiki Hibiki looked down and stared coldly at the Zanpakuto under his feet, "You rejected my call."

Muramasa was absent-minded: "Impossible, as long as you call me, I will respond at any time."

"I have never been able to hear your call."

"Until not long ago, there was a special spiritual pressure fluctuation in Karakura Town that awakened me, and I knew you were sealed."

"I have only rescued you now."